genius vs brilliant : Common Errors in English

In standard English “genius” is a noun, but not an adjective. In slang, people often say things like “Telling Mom your English teacher is requiring the class to get HBO was genius!” The standard way to say this is “was brilliant.”

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GENIUS environmental competition June 17-20 to global finalists The SUNY Oswego GENIUS Olympiad finals open Monday, June 17, welcoming more than 400 competitors and their mentors from around the world, including Kayla Vidal and Bilgenur Sirin of the Syracuse Academy of Science. "We are very excited for the Oswego competition," said the charter school juniors, who studied the effects on Lake Ontario water quality of fireworks shows at events such as ...
June 12, 2013 - Oswego County Today

GENIUS environmental competition June 17-20 to global finalists The SUNY Oswego GENIUS Olympiad finals open Monday, June 17, welcoming more than 400 competitors and their mentors from around the world, including Kayla Vidal and Bilgenur Sirin of the Syracuse Academy of Science. "We are very excited for the Oswego competition," said the charter school juniors, who studied the effects on Lake Ontario water quality of fireworks shows at events such as ...
June 12, 2013 - Oswego County Today

Justin Bieber Has a Genius Idea for His Next Tattoo Getty Images Justin Bieber has a whole bunch of tattoos now — a tiger head, owl, crown, and knight, for starters — and his next idea might just blow your mind. Ready for this? He tweeted his genius idea Wednesday: "Random thought- I should get a tattoo of a smiley face on my foot and call it happy feet. Haha" While that's mildly amusing, we'd like to point out that he'd have to get a smiley face ...
June 12, 2013 - Zimbio

4 Big Data Trends That Change Everything Over the past few weeks I?ve heard many recipes for what will drive business success and yet firms large and small continue to struggle with how to jumpstart growth. Brilliant speakers at the Brandworks Conference (run by Lindsey, Stone and Briggs) in May and at the Cloud Computing and Big Data Expo and the World Innovation Forum (WIFNY) both in New York last week provided insights that must ...
June 22, 2013 - Forbes

Diamond Jubilee Stakes 2013 Payouts: Full Breakdown of Earnings for Each Horse Lethal Force ran a brilliant race on Saturday at Ascot Racecourse in England, winning the 2013 Diamond Jubilee Stakes, via BBC Sport : 2011 Jubilee Stakes winner Society Rock was the odds-on favorite coming in at 4-1, but he wasn't able to win for a second time, coming up short for the second straight year after finishing second behind Lethal Force. Krypton Factor placed in third, overcoming ...
June 22, 2013 - Bleacher Report